00:00The Philippine National Police or PNP has seized more than 500 illegal firecrackers
00:05and arrested several individuals in various areas of the country who were engaged in the
00:10selling of the band Merrymaking online. The PNP anti-cybercrime group has ramped up its
00:17cyber patrolling efforts by collaborating with social media platform TikTok to also
00:22prevent scams related to the selling of substandard and illegal firecrackers.
00:28The PNP earlier issued a warning against the illegal activity as it fears that not
00:33only are the said items dangerous but may also actually be smuggled.